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9 Bald Eagles Counted So Far in Southern California's Winter Census

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Nine bald eagles counted so far in winter census

December 19, 2011 | 11:56 am






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Biologists and volunteers spent the weekend scouring lakeside areas in the San Bernardino and San Jacinto mountains for the first bald eagle count of the winter.

Nine bald eagles were seen Saturday by a group of about 80 volunteers and state and federal biologists participating in the eagle census. Four of the eagles (three adults and a juvenile) were found in the Big Bear and Baldwin Lake area; two juveniles were at Lake Arrowhead and Lake Gregory; and one adult and one juvenile were found at Silverwood Lake.

The spotters could tell the difference between juveniles and adults by their color. Juveniles have a brown head and tail, while adults have the white head and tail that takes four to five years to grow in.

Eagle countings will take place in January, February and March. The number of eagles in Southern California is typically low in December, but increases at the beginning of the year as more migrate south.

Eagles like to spend their winters here because of the abundance of ducks and fish.


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12 comments // 9 Bald Eagles Counted So Far in Southern California's Winter Census

  • sugarmountian
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      sugarmountian  

    • I live on the upper mississippi river. When the river is frozen eagles gather by the locks and dams. The colder it is the more eagles at the locks. Its not hard to see hundreds of them along the banks and in the trees. The dams keep some water open and thats where they feed.

    • 5 months ago
  • EmperorThan
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      EmperorThan  

    • Interesting. The craziest bird thing I've seen in Oklahoma are herons. I never saw them until a year or two ago here and now they come stand on my playhouse in my backyard almost everyday some months, they have a big wingspan for such a lanky looking bird when standing around lol. I almost hit one with my car one time while driving over a little swamp bridge. lol

    • 5 months ago
  • LivingPong
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      LivingPong  

    • That is some good news that Bald Eagles are still flying free.
      I've seen a good number of Wedge Tail eagles this year, though they are not as impressive as your Bald Eagles, they are still pretty darn cool.

    • 5 months ago
  • Milieu
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      Milieu  

    • There's at least 5-6 near where I live. (for real)

      Been collecting to get treatments at Hair Club for men. ***sarky****

    • 5 months ago
  • artemis6
  • littlwarrior
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      littlwarrior  
    • artemis6:

      Well there's a reason if you kill one you go to prison for nearly 50 years. Ya seriously and on my wages I would pay off that fine about 30 years after I paid off my mortgage. Not saying that's a bad thing, gotta be some kind of weirdo to kill an eagle. Not cool just not cool. But I can see why so few in California really, when your born in the forest places like California just make you want to go home. Even in the forest in Cali you can still hear traffic.

    • 5 months ago
  • littlwarrior
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      littlwarrior  

    • I am pretty sure I could jog down to the lake just up the road from my house and see more bald eagles than that. There are times on the CDA lake you can see hundreds of eagles all fishing at once, it is really a rather stunning sight.

    • 5 months ago
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  • EthicalVegan
  • littlwarrior
  • littlwarrior
  • LivingPong
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      LivingPong  
    • littlwarrior:

      -from that article

      "LAKE COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Bald eagles are mobbing Lake Coeur d'Alene in record numbers this week.

      The annual eagle congregation to feast on spawning kokanee in Wolf Lodge Bay swelled to 259 on Friday, The Spokesman-Review reported in Saturday's newspaper. That's up from a count of 136 a week earlier.

      The weekly surveys are conducted by Carrie Hugo, a U.S. Bureau of Land Management wildlife biologist.

      The previous record was 254 eagles in the bay on Dec. 21, 2010. The record previous to that was a mere 154 eagles in 2004."

      They are some promising statistics.

    • 5 months ago
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